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{{Line Railways Infobox
|image=
|caption=
|route= [[Bareilly]] to [[Kathgodam]]
|gauge1= Metre gauge
|gauge1details= 54 miles (1905)
|gauge2=
|gauge2details=
|gauge3=
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|gauge4=
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|timeline1date= 1882
|timeline1details= Company registered
|timeline2date= 1884
|timeline2details= Open to traffic
|timeline3date=
|timeline3details=
|timeline4date=
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|timeline5date=
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|presidency= [[Bengal]]
|stations= [[Bhojeepura]], [[Laikua]], [[Haldwani]]
|system1date=
|system1details= Worked by [[Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway]]
|system2date=
|system2details=
|system3date=
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{{Line Railways Infobox
|image=
|caption=
|route= [[Bareilly]] to [[Kathgodam]]
|gauge1= Metre gauge
|gauge1details= 54 miles (1905)
|gauge2=
|gauge2details=
|gauge3=
|gauge3details=
|gauge4=
|gauge4details=
|timeline1date= 1882
|timeline1details= Company registered
|timeline2date= 1884
|timeline2details= Open to traffic
|timeline3date=
|timeline3details=
|timeline4date=
|timeline4details=
|timeline5date=
|timeline5details=
|presidency= [[Bengal]]
|stations= [[Bhojeepura]], [[Laikua]], [[Haldwani]]
|system1date=
|system1details= Worked by [[Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway]]
|system2date=
|system2details=
|system3date=
|system3details=
}}
The main line from [[Bhojeepura]] to [[Kathgodam]] opened in 1884 and developed until 1916 with a number of network extensions
<ref>[https://ia801009.us.archive.org/8/itemsstream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System.pdf #page/n204/mode/2up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 196]; Retrieved 20 Dec 201527 Jan 2016</ref>
*[[Kasganj]] extension - completed in 1885 reaching [[Bareilly]], 1906; 63 miles(100km)
*[[Ramnager]] extension from [[Moradabad]], 1908; 48 miles(76km)
In turn, in 1952, the [[Oudh and Tirhut Railway]] became part of '''North Eastern Railway''', a zone of Indian Railways.
==Records==
Refer to FIBIS Fact File #4: “Research sources for Indian Railways, 1845-1947” - available from the [http://www.fibis.org/store/fibis-books-and-publications/bff-0004-research-sources-for-indian-railways-1845-1947/ Fibis shop]. This Fact File contains invaluable advice on 'Researching ancestors in the UK records of Indian Railways' with particular reference to the [[India Office Records]] (IOR) held at the [[British Library]]
An on-line search of the IOR records relating to this railway <ref>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search]; Retrieved 27 Jan 2016</ref>
gives many references. The most important being:-
*'''L/AG/46/35''' “ Records of the India Office relating to the Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway Company; 1882-1931"
*'''L/F/7/2382-2391''' “Collection 380: Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway, date unspecified"
== References ==
